Anchor Deborah Norville who will join us here in studio 57. But we twin this morning with a look at todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. If youre Paul Manafort, this is not good for you. Muellers coming for you. You have Serious Problems on your hands. Lets not sugarcoat that. The first indictment in muellers investigation are handed down. They are moving aggressively and thats not surprising. What i would say the important thing about today for the American People is the president is not under investigation and no one has told him that he is. Pouring rain feels like a tropical storm. Driving, walking extremely dangerous. A major storm is slamming the northeast. Bringing heavy rain, damaging wind and significant travel disruptions. And youre not done yet. Kevin spacey apologized following allegations he made sexual advances on a 14yearold boy in 1986. The Power Authority in puerto rico moveded to cancel its controversial contract with Whitefish Energy. It doesnt go towards the
This morning. We have the details from washington, dc. Reporter hi, washington, dc is absolutely reeling tonight as information and details come out about this indictments involved in the investigation of the Trump Campaign and the russian government. Paul manafort and rick gates pled not guilty to all 12 charges brought against them by rob mal mal. There is no evidence that Paul Manafort or the Trump Campaign ka clueded with the russian government. The Campaign Manager made hi First Court Appearance hours after surrendering to the fbi, these are the first indictments. The white house maintains that there is no connection to the charges. We have been saying since day one that there is no evidence of trump russia collusion. The president said there was no collusion while also trying to deflect attention to the democrats ties to the russian government asking why arent crooked Hillary Clinton and the democrats the target. A spokesperson for gates said the fight is just beginning, all of t
Good morning everyone. The committee will come to order. We are here this morning to review on going Recovery Efforts in puerto rico and the u. S. Virgin islands in the wake of hurricanes irma and maria, as well as efforts to rebuild it electric grids on those islands in a smarter and hopefully a more resilient manner. Were over two months removed from when Hurricane Irma devastated st. Thomas and john on september 6th and its been nearly 60 days since Hurricane Maria hit st. Croix and puerto rico. Just a little over a week ago that senators cassdy, franken and i along with senator carper who was just here and senator harris as well as some of our house colleagues visited both st. Thomas and puerto rico. I want to thank both governors. For your hospitality. The time you gave us during that visit. It was incredibly important i think for all of us to see to be on it ground and to be hearing directly from you and those that you are working with. I know that some other members of our commi
Good morning everyone. The committee will come to order. We are here this morning to review on going Recovery Efforts in puerto rico and the u. S. Virgin islands in the wake of hurricanes irma and maria, as well as efforts to rebuild it electric grids on those islands in a smarter and hopefully a more resilient manner. Were over two months removed from when Hurricane Irma devastated st. Thomas and john on september 6th and its been nearly 60 days since Hurricane Maria hit st. Croix and puerto rico. Just a little over a week ago that senators cassdy, franken and i along with senator carper who was just here and senator harris as well as some of our house colleagues visited both st. Thomas and puerto rico. I want to thank both governors. For your hospitality. The time you gave us during that visit. It was incredibly important i think for all of us to see to be on it ground and to be hearing directly from you and those that you are working with. I know that some other members of our commi
The presiding officer please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to the flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. The presiding officer the clerk will read a communication to the senate. The clerk washington, d. C. , april 4, 2016. To the senate under the provisions of rule 1, paragraph, of the standing rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable bill cassidy, a senator from the state of louisiana, to perform the duties of the chair. Signed, orrin g. Hatch, president pro tempore. Mr. Mcconnell mr. President . The presiding officer the Senate Majority leader. Mr. Mcconnell id like to welcome our colleagues back from their state work periods. The senate has gotten a lot done under e new majority and will continue well continue our work today. But first i want to remember the daily sacrifice of our Capitol Police in light of the inciden